Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640072833

I move to strike out the last word.. The. other day I understood the chairman of the committee to say that he thought the language on page 49 took care of the situation with reference to the contract that this Government has with the Canadian Pacific Railway in reference to the handling of Chinese. Now I have another of those famous orders in council which I wish to read to the committee: From and after the date hereof the landing In Canada. shall be. and the same is hereby. prohibited of any immigrant who has. come to Canada otherwise than. by a: continuous journey from. the country of which he Is a native or a naturalized citizen and upon a through ticket purchased in that country or prepaid in Canada. That is In substantiation of what I said the other day. that while the Chinese coming to the United. States under this order in council come through Canada and under an agreement that this country has- with the.
Keywords matched
immigrant naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640072833
Paragraph
#0
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